Kentucky Buck
CLASSIC · STRAWBERRY

Kentucky Buck

A tall, strawberry-influenced bourbon sour, the Kentucky Buck offers a delightful balance of sweet and medium dry/sour flavors, with a subtle spicy hint of ginger.

Ingredients
Strawberry
Lemon juice22.5 ml
Rich sugar syrup7.5 ml
Angostura Aromatic Bitters4 dashes
Thomas Henry Ginger Beer
Glassware
Collins glass
Chilled.
Flavor
BODYSWEETFRUITACIDHEATSMOKEEARTHBITTER

Caramel · Ginger · Lemon · Oak · Vanilla

Estimated profile

Method
  1. 1

    Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS. Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel and strawberry slice. MUDDLE 1 fresh strawberry in the base of a shaker. Add bourbon whiskey, lemon juice, rich sugar syrup, and Angostura Aromatic Bitters. SHAKE with ice. FINE STRAIN into an ice-filled glass. TOP with ginger beer and briefly stir. Garnish with lemon and strawberry slices.

From the Bartender

This cocktail is adapted from a recipe created in 2009 by Erick Castro at Bourbon & Branch in San Francisco, USA.

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